Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Unterpirkach, Oberdrauburg, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 250517
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250517.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unterpirkach, Oberdrauburg, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pirkner Valley (Pirkach Valley; Pirkner Gorge)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copiapite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Vivianite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copiapite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	19640	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	19639,19640	27770
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	19640	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	19640	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	19640	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	19638,19640	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	19637	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	19640	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	19640	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	19640	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	19640	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	19640	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	19637	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	19640	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	19640	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	19640	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	19639	589
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	19639	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...